Huangfu Taiming followed closely behind An Zhongxin, with two eunuchs leading the way, walking through the corridors of Jingyang Palace, towards the imperial garden on the back hill of Jingyang Palace.
In a place where there is no sound at all, the sound of footsteps is particularly harsh.
Facing An Zhongxin, the chief eunuch, the servants of Jingyang Palace did not dare to stop them no matter how arrogant they were, they respectfully led the way and walked towards the palace.
Before everyone else, a little eunuch had already reported the arrival of the emperor and the concubine Jin. At this time, An Zhongxin still looked old and walked very slowly, as if he would die on the spot at any moment, which made Huangfu Taiming feel a burst of pain. disgusted. With his straightforward temperament, he especially hates others putting on airs in front of him.
On the mountainside in the distance, an octagonal pavilion that is ventilated on all sides stands abruptly on the edge of the cliff, with three cliffs, the situation is precipitous. It was already late at night, but the octagonal pavilion was brightly lit, and the white gauze hung on the outside blocked the scene inside, but the sound of singing and dancing and the graceful figures constantly changing on the white gauze were enough to illustrate this. What was the old emperor doing at that time...
When Huangfu Taiming followed An Zhongxin to the outside of the pavilion, the sound of singing and dancing inside did not stop, on the contrary, it became even more noisy because they were closer.
An Zhongxin turned his head to Huangfu Taiming and said: "Please wait outside the thirteenth master, the servant will go in and play, and I will definitely be summoned later, but..."
Huangfu Taiming frowned, and said in a respectful voice: "Eunuch An, but it's okay to say."
An Zhongxin nodded, leaned in front of Huangfu Taiming and said: "The Thirteenth Master will face you later, even if you have any doubts in your heart, don't contradict your Majesty, let alone argue with Concubine Jin..."
Huangfu Taiming was originally full of anger and wanted to question his absurd father, but when he heard what An Zhongxin said, he couldn't help being stunned. He didn't expect that all his thoughts were seen, which showed that he had lost his sense of proportion. In the verbal conflict with the emperor, it is better to endure it for now and see if there is any chance to save the defeat later.
"Eunuch Lao An is concerned, Shisan knows..."
An Zhongxin smiled and nodded to Huangfu Taiming, then his face collapsed, and he wailed, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong—" and immediately rushed in scrambling.
The corners of Huangfu Taiming's face twitched, and he cursed secretly: Traitor! Old stuff!
An Zhongxin cried and howled, and the singing and dancing inside stopped immediately. After a while, there was a sound of tables and chairs being overturned. After a while, the singing and dancing inside came out in a file, all of them panicked. The color of panic.
It seems that the emperor's father is very angry.
After nine bends and ten bends, and after passing through the seemingly unguarded gate of Sanchong, the eunuch stopped.
The two eunuchs gestured for him to enter by himself.
Huangfu Taiming took a deep breath, and slowly stepped into the palace. Whether it is in the court or in the court, whether it is the relationship between the emperor and his ministers, or the relationship between father and son, Huangfu Taiming cannot get close to that person inside. There is something between people, invisible, intangible, but felt...
Inside the palace, on the high throne, Huangfu Jingde's face was gloomy, his eyes almost burst into flames, and beside him was a beautiful young woman who kept rubbing her chest and beating her back with a look of resentment. It was Concubine Jin, the junior sister of Zhuo Qingfan in Fengyi Pavilion.
At this time, the concubine Jin was looking over coldly, her eyes full of dissatisfaction, she seemed to blame herself for disturbing their elegant mood, especially for bringing such angry news.
Several palace maids and eunuchs served around the two of them. An Zhongxin, who had just entered the room, stood at Huangfu Jingde's right hand with his hands down, and blinked at Huangfu Taiming.
And behind the two, four beauties in palace costumes stood holding swords, all of them were heavenly fragrance and national beauty, "Phoenix Spreading Wings" embroidered with gold thread on a white background, covered with white soft leather armor, with one hand on the hip and the other holding the sword. He has a heroic posture, and his brows are even more arrogant. These female guards are all inner disciples of Fengyi Pavilion, and they are also Bingfeng Hall among the three inner halls. Everyone is a first-class swordsman, and they take orders directly from Concubine Jin, saying that they are protecting the safety of Concubine Jin and the emperor at the same time, but in Huangfu Taiming's eyes, it is more like showing the authority of Fengyi Pavilion and monitoring the royal family at the same time .
Huangfu Jingde heard the sound of footsteps, and suddenly raised his head, his face, which was full of wine and emptiness, showed a fierce and surly expression, and at the same time, those sharp eyes shot at him like arrows.
This is my royal father? Huangfu Jingde, who swung his horse and whipped his horse back then, was all-powerful? This is simply an old fool who is dying but still greedy for sex.
Huangfu Taiming couldn't help feeling sore, stepped forward respectfully, knelt down on the ground, and said: "My son Taiming kowtows to Father Huang!"
"Have you seen the corpse of Emperor Zhexin?"
Emperor Jing'an reeked of alcohol all over his body, his tone was not smooth, and he was obviously suppressing his anger.
Huangfu Taiming replied: "Yes, my son..."
"Asshole!"
call-
A piece of golden light flew over and just hit Huangfu Taiming's forehead, a burst of severe pain hit, and then a stream of blood flowed out from the forehead, dripping onto Huangfu Taiming's face.
"Father, calm down, the son is guilty!"
Huangfu Taiming knew that he was injured, and the golden flagon that fell on the ground was the thing that hit him just now. He hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground, although he didn't know why, but he was still extremely obedient.
"The emperor calm down!"
Except for Concubine Jin and the four female sword guards behind her, all the respectful eunuchs and court ladies, including the old eunuch An Zhongxin, immediately fell to their knees.
Huangfu Jingde was so angry that his beard trembled, and he roared angrily: "Since you know that my fourteenth uncle died, as a junior, why don't you see the slightest trace of sadness on your face? Is this your filial piety? I think When I die, you won't cry a single tear, so what's the use of keeping a rebellious son like you, dragged out and killed!"
What!
This moment stunned everyone present...
Why did the emperor suddenly become so tyrannical? Could it be that Huangfu Zhexin's death stimulated him so much
For a moment, even Concubine Jin felt a little startled, and didn't know how to comfort her in a daze.
"The emperor calm down..."
At the critical moment, An Zhongxin knelt down and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, please don't say such things. Long live my emperor, long live my emperor, slave... slave... wow..."
When An Zhongxin cried like this, which of the eunuchs and maids at the scene would dare not cry? Immediately weeping in a mess, the buzzing crying disturbed people's minds, Huangfu Jingde was also distracted, and the matter of killing Huangfu Taiming just now was immediately forgotten, and he was in a daze. He got confused, but even so, Huangfu Taiming was still covered in cold sweat.
"Shut up and cry for mourning?" Huangfu Jingde stood up abruptly, kicked An Zhongxin into a fight, but staggered under his feet, obviously still drunk, and roared at the crowd : "You want me to die? Do you want to sit in my place? Want to sit in my dragon chair? Tell you, I can't die! This chair, this chair... only I can sit..."
Looking around for a while, everyone was so frightened that they fell to the ground. Seeing that no one dared to look at them, they laughed presumptuously, but they stumbled and fell into the mud...
"His Majesty!"
"Father!"
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The eunuchs and maids in the surrounding area were so frightened that they were at a loss. They rushed over together and helped Emperor Jing'an up. When he raised his head, his face was covered with blood and three teeth were missing.
Huangfu Jingde didn't care about the pain, pointed at a young eunuch beside him, and roared angrily: "Bold slave, you dare to make fun of me, drag it out, chop it up and feed it to the dogs!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
This young eunuch, who was only twenty years old, was the one who blocked Huangfu Taiming and other ministers from seeing him at noon. He was originally Concubine Jin's confidant. Taiming sneered. After all, I was scolded by Xiaodouzi in the morning, and I held grudges in my heart. Seeing Huangfu Taiming being punished, I was very happy in my heart, but I didn't expect the emperor to fall down suddenly, but he looked straight at him who had been bowing his head and snickering. This is really a disaster From the sky!
The little eunuch kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy, and even looked at Concubine Jin pleadingly, hoping that her master could save her life, but Concubine Jin just frowned, not wanting to be angered by the emperor because of a slave, and turned her head away Go pretend you didn't see it.
Huangfu Taiming stepped forward to persuade him intentionally, after all, no matter how annoying this little eunuch is, he is not guilty enough to die.
Huangfu Taiming is an upright person, he has his own scale in his heart, and sometimes he does some stupid actions for his own beliefs. This is the case at this time, Huangfu Taiming will never watch his father waste his life because of drunkenness.
Huangfu Taiming only struggled for a moment, and then resolutely decided to stand up for this little eunuch who had offended him.
But just as he was about to speak, he was grabbed behind his back. Huangfu Taiming turned his head suddenly, only to find that it was the old eunuch An Zhongxin who was holding him.
The other party shook his head with a heavy expression, signaling him not to speak out.
Two guards rushed in, grabbed the little eunuch's arms and stretched out. The little eunuch said in a stern voice, desperately shouting: "Your Majesty, spare me! Concubine Jin, help me, this slave will never dare again, never again!" Dare to..."
All the eunuchs and maids in the surrounding area did not dare to make a sound.
This little Quanzi is hated by others, relying on Concubine Jin's trust, he often doesn't pay attention to other people. Seeing his suffering at this time, although he can't help but gloat, but on second thought, this person who is the most important person in normal times The airy little eunuch lost his life in an instant, while the concubine Jin, who was usually arrogant and indulgent towards him, showed a disgusted expression, but she couldn't help showing a bit of sadness in her heart.
When the little eunuch was about to be dragged out of the house, the kneeling Huangfu Taiming finally couldn't suppress his emotions, and suddenly stood up to stop him: "Stop!"